Media in Monterey County
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Media in Monterey County is a designated market area (DMA) or media market
that includes print media (newspaper
s and magazine
s) and broadcast media (radio
and television
) in Monterey County, California
.
It includes the cities of Monterey
and Salinas
, as well as the towns in the Salinas Valley
in the Central Coast of California
.
broadcast affiliate in 2000, when KNTV
was purchased, and then became the NBC station for the San Francisco Oakland San Jose metropolitan area. KNTV
, then known as , later moved its tower from Loma Prieta Peak to San Bruno Mountain
, ceasing its coverage in Monterey. At that time, ABC reached an agreement with Comcast Cable to provide a slightly-customized feed of San Francisco ABC O&O KGO-TV
for the Monterey area, branded simply as ABC 7 and occasionally referred to by the mock call letters AABC. On December 20, 2010, KSBW announced that they will carry ABC programming over on its second digital subchannel, which has already launched on April 18, 2011.
stations:
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Media market
A media market, broadcast market, media region, designated market area , Television Market Area , or simply market is a region where the population can receive the same television and radio station offerings, and may also include other types of media including newspapers and Internet content...
that includes print media (newspaper
Newspaper
A newspaper is a scheduled publication containing news of current events, informative articles, diverse features and advertising. It usually is printed on relatively inexpensive, low-grade paper such as newsprint. By 2007, there were 6580 daily newspapers in the world selling 395 million copies a...
s and magazine
Magazine
Magazines, periodicals, glossies or serials are publications, generally published on a regular schedule, containing a variety of articles. They are generally financed by advertising, by a purchase price, by pre-paid magazine subscriptions, or all three...
s) and broadcast media (radio
Radio
Radio is the transmission of signals through free space by modulation of electromagnetic waves with frequencies below those of visible light. Electromagnetic radiation travels by means of oscillating electromagnetic fields that pass through the air and the vacuum of space...
and television
Television
Television is a telecommunication medium for transmitting and receiving moving images that can be monochrome or colored, with accompanying sound...
) in Monterey County, California
Monterey County, California
Monterey County is a county located on the Pacific coast of the U.S. state of California, its northwestern section forming the southern half of Monterey Bay. The northern half of the bay is in Santa Cruz County. As of 2010, the population was 415,057. The county seat and largest city is Salinas...
.
It includes the cities of Monterey
Monterey, California
The City of Monterey in Monterey County is located on Monterey Bay along the Pacific coast in Central California. Monterey lies at an elevation of 26 feet above sea level. As of the 2010 census, the city population was 27,810. Monterey is of historical importance because it was the capital of...
and Salinas
Salinas, California
Salinas is the county seat and the largest municipality of Monterey County, California. Salinas is located east-southeast of the mouth of the Salinas River, at an elevation of about 52 feet above sea level. The population was 150,441 at the 2010 census...
, as well as the towns in the Salinas Valley
Salinas Valley
The Salinas Valley lies south of San Francisco, California.The word "salina" is spanish for salt marsh, salt lake or salt pan.-Geography:The Salinas Valley runs approximately south-east from Salinas towards King City. The valley lends its name to the geologic province in which it's located, the...
in the Central Coast of California
Central Coast of California
The Central Coast is an area of California, United States, roughly spanning the area between the Monterey Bay and Point Conception. It extends through Santa Cruz County, San Benito County, Monterey County, San Luis Obispo County, and Santa Barbara County...
.
Television
The Monterey-Salinas metropolitan statistical (or service) area (MSA) is served by a variety of local television stations, and is the 124th largest designated market area (DMA) in the U.S. with 222,900 homes:- KOTR - Channel 2KOTR-LPKOTR-LP is a television station located in Gonzales, California, which is the MyNetworkTV affiliate for the Monterey Bay area. The station broadcasts on channel 2, but brands using their channel 11 cable channel slot, which preceded the launch of the broadcast signal. KOTR-LP is owned by Mirage...
: (MNTV) - Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz (Comcast Cable 11) - KSBW-DT2KSBW-DT2KSBW-DT2, branded as Central Coast ABC, is the second digital subchannel of NBC affiliate KSBW, which is owned by Hearst Television. The second digital subchannel is the ABC affiliate for the Salinas–Monterey–Santa Cruz, California market, which began transmission on April 18, 2011...
- Central Coast ABC - (ABCAmerican Broadcasting CompanyThe American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
) - Salinas (Comcast Cable 7) - KSBW - channel 8KSBWKSBW is a television station in the United States and is the primary NBC affiliate for the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz, California market. The station is owned by Hearst Television. KSBW has its studios on John Street in downtown Salinas, which is mentioned occasionally during commercial breaks...
: - (NBCNBCThe National Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network and former radio network headquartered in the GE Building in New York City's Rockefeller Center with additional major offices near Los Angeles and in Chicago...
) - Salinas (Comcast Cable 6) - KMUV - channel 15: - (TelemundoTelemundoTelemundo is an American television network that broadcasts in Spanish. The network is the second-largest Spanish-language content producer in the world, and the second-largest Spanish-language network in the United States, behind Univision....
) - Monterey/Salinas/Santa Cruz (Simulcast of KSTSKSTSKSTS is the NBCUniversal owned and operated Telemundo television station in the San Francisco Bay Area market. The station is located in San Jose, California and broadcasts on digital channel 49. KSTS shares facilities with NBC sister operation KNTV. The new all-digital broadcast center was opened...
48) - KQET - channel 25: - (PBSPublic Broadcasting ServiceThe Public Broadcasting Service is an American non-profit public broadcasting television network with 354 member TV stations in the United States which hold collective ownership. Its headquarters is in Arlington, Virginia....
) - Watsonville (Simulcast of San Francisco's KQED) - KYMB - channel 27 - (This TVThis TVThis TV is a United States general entertainment television network, with a large emphasis in its programming on movies....
) - Monterey (Comcast Cable 19) - KDJT - channel 33KDJT-CAKDJT-CA is a low-power Class A television station in Salinas-Monterey, California, broadcasting locally in analog on UHF channel 33 as an affiliate of Telefutura. Founded November 30, 1989, the station is owned by Entravision Holdings LLC. It shares the facilities of co-owned full-service station,...
: - (TelefuturaTeleFuturaTeleFutura is a U.S. Spanish-language broadcast television network owned by Univision with headquarters in Miami, Florida.-Overview:TeleFutura Is America’s #2 Spanish-Language Network in prime time...
) - Monterey - KCBA - channel 35KCBAKCBA is a Fox affiliate television station in Salinas, California, USA. The station broadcasts its digital signal on VHF channel 13. KCBA is owned by Seal Rock Broadcasters, LLC and operated by Cowles Publishing Company through a local marketing agreement with CBS affiliate KION-TV channel...
: - (Fox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting CompanyFox Broadcasting Company, commonly referred to as Fox Network or simply Fox , is an American commercial broadcasting television network owned by Fox Entertainment Group, part of Rupert Murdoch's News Corporation. Launched on October 9, 1986, Fox was the highest-rated broadcast network in the...
) - Salinas (Comcast Cable 3) - KMCE - channel 43KMCE-LPKMCE-LP is an Azteca América affiliate serving the vicinity of Monterey, Salinas, and Santa Cruz- Channel 29, California. The station is licensed to Monterey and broadcasts from Fremont Peak, however, KMCE's studeios are located in Watsonville....
: - (Azteca AméricaAzteca AméricaAzteca América is a broadcast television network marketed toward Spanish-speaking families residing in the United States. As a rapidly-growing Spanish language network, Azteca América now reaches 89% of the Hispanic households in the U.S., operating in sixty-two markets nationwide. Wholly owned by...
) - Monterey/Salinas - KION - channel 46KION-TVKION-TV is a full-power television station in Salinas, California, broadcasting on digital channel 32 as a CBS affiliate. The stations continues to use UHF channel 46 as its virtual channel through the use of PSIP. KION-TV shows local news, weather, and sports programming, as well as syndicated...
: - (CBSCBSCBS Broadcasting Inc. is a major US commercial broadcasting television network, which started as a radio network. The name is derived from the initials of the network's former name, Columbia Broadcasting System. The network is sometimes referred to as the "Eye Network" in reference to the shape of...
) - Salinas (Comcast Cable 5) - KSMS-TV - channel 67KSMS-TVKSMS-TV is a Spanish-language television station in Monterey, California, broadcasting locally on digital channel 31 as an affiliate of Univisión. KSMS shares its facilities with sister-station KDJT, its Telefutura affiliate. KSMS has their studios on Garden Court in Monterey. Founded September...
: - (UnivisionUnivisionUnivision is a Spanish-language television network in the United States. It has the largest audience of Spanish language television viewers according to Nielsen ratings. Randy Falco, COO, has been in charge of the company since the departure of Univision Communications president and CEO Joe Uva...
) - Monterey (Comcast Cable 4)
ABC affiliate
The Monterey-Salinas area lost its American Broadcasting CompanyAmerican Broadcasting Company
The American Broadcasting Company is an American commercial broadcasting television network. Created in 1943 from the former NBC Blue radio network, ABC is owned by The Walt Disney Company and is part of Disney-ABC Television Group. Its first broadcast on television was in 1948...
broadcast affiliate in 2000, when KNTV
KNTV
KNTV, channel 11, is the NBC owned-and-operated television station in the Bay Area market. It is licensed to San Jose, with its transmitter located on San Bruno Mountain, just south of San Francisco. It shares facilities in San Jose with NBC Universal sister station KSTS and CNBC's Silicon...
was purchased, and then became the NBC station for the San Francisco Oakland San Jose metropolitan area. KNTV
KNTV
KNTV, channel 11, is the NBC owned-and-operated television station in the Bay Area market. It is licensed to San Jose, with its transmitter located on San Bruno Mountain, just south of San Francisco. It shares facilities in San Jose with NBC Universal sister station KSTS and CNBC's Silicon...
, then known as , later moved its tower from Loma Prieta Peak to San Bruno Mountain
San Bruno Mountain
San Bruno Mountain in northern San Mateo County, California is the northernmost part of the Santa Cruz Mountains. Most of the mountain lies within the San Bruno Mountain State Park, a unique open-space island in the midst of the San Francisco Peninsula's urbanization. Next to the state park is the...
, ceasing its coverage in Monterey. At that time, ABC reached an agreement with Comcast Cable to provide a slightly-customized feed of San Francisco ABC O&O KGO-TV
KGO-TV
KGO-TV, channel 7, is an owned-and-operated television station of the Walt Disney Company-owned American Broadcasting Company, based in San Francisco, California...
for the Monterey area, branded simply as ABC 7 and occasionally referred to by the mock call letters AABC. On December 20, 2010, KSBW announced that they will carry ABC programming over on its second digital subchannel, which has already launched on April 18, 2011.
Radio
Radio stations Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz area of dominant influence (ADI) or continuous measurement market (CMM) that are in Monterey County.FM
List of Monterey County FM frequencyFrequency
Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...
stations:
- KAZU - 90.3KAZUKAZU is an NPR-member radio station, licensed in Pacific Grove, California, United States. The station is currently owned and operated by the California State University, Monterey Bay.-Established:...
(Pacific Grove) - KHDC - 90.9KHDCKHDC is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish Variety format. Licensed to Chualar, California, USA, the station serves the Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by Radio Bilingue, Inc.....
(Chualar) - KSPB - 91.9KSPBKSPB is a radio station broadcasting a Variety format. Licensed to Pebble Beach, California, USA, the station serves the Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by Stevenson School and features programing from Public Radio International...
(Pebble Beach) - KTOM - 92.7KTOM-FMKTOM-FM is a commercial radio station in Marina, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California, area on 92.7 FM.KTOM-FM airs a country music format branded as "K-Tom." KTOM used to be on 100.7 and 100.9 but moved to 92.7 when clear channel started to do Spanish...
(Marina) - KEXA - 93.9KEXAKEXA is an American radio station licensed by the Federal Communications Commission to serve the community of King City, California, which is in Southern Monterey County...
(King City) - KRML - 94.7KRMLKRML is an American radio station licensed to serve Carmel, California. The station, established in 1957 as "KTEE", is currently owned and operated by Scot McKay. The station's broadcast license is held by CVAC, Inc...
(Carmel) Jazz - KKHK - 95.5KKHKNot to be confused with KHKK.For information about prior use of KKHK, please see KQMT, KYYS and KBOQ.KKHK is a commercial adult hits radio station in Carmel, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California area on 95.5 FM.95.5 FM had been a classical music station branded...
(Carmel) - KWAV - 96.9KWAVKWAV is a commercial radio station in Monterey, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California, area on 96.9 FM.KWAV airs an adult contemporary music format branded as "K-Wave 97 FM".-History, 1994-present:...
(Monterey) - KYZZ - 97.9KYZZKYZZ is a commercial radio station in Salinas, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California, area. KYZZ airs a Classic Hits music format.-History of "KYZZ":...
(Salinas) - KLOK - 99.5/99.9KLOK-FMKLOK-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Greenfield, California, USA, the station serves the Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by Entravision Holdings, LLC.-History:...
(Greenfield)
- KPRC - 100.7KPRC-FMKPRC-FM is a radio station broadcasting a Spanish adult hits format. Licensed to Salinas, California, USA, it serves the Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by Clear Channel Communications.-External links:...
(Salinas) - KCDU - 101.7KCDUKCDU is a commercial radio station in Carmel, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California, area on 101.7 FM.KCDU airs a hot adult contemporary music format branded as "The Beach".-History, 1994-Present:...
(Carmel) - KRKC - 102.1KRKC-FM102 KRKC-FM is a 50,000-watt radio station in the Monterey, California radio market. The market includes all of Monterey County and Santa Cruz County. Long time DJs on 102 KRKC include Michael Davis and Jim Barker . The News Director is Matthew Arnett...
(King City) - KDON - 102.5KDONKDON-FM is a Rhythmic Top 40 station licensed to Salinas, California. They are owned by Clear Channel Communications .-History:...
(Salinas) - KRAY - 103.5KrayKray or krai may refer to:*Krai, a type of a federal subject in Russia or a type of an administrative division of the former RSFSR*Kray twins, the London gangsters*Baron Pál Kray , Hungarian-Austrian General during the Napoleonic Wars...
(Salinas) - KBOQ - 103.9KBOQFor information about prior use of KBOQ, please see KKHKKBOQ is a commercial soft adult contemporary radio station in Monterey, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Carmel-Salinas, California, area on 103.9 FM....
(Monterey) - KHIP - 104.3KHIPKHIP is a commercial radio station in Gonzales, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz-Monterey-Salinas, California area on 104.3 FM.104.3 was home of alternative rock KMBY which moved to 103.9 in a major switch in 2002....
(Gonzales) - KOCN - 105.1KOCNKOCN is a Rhythmic Oldies station licensed to Salinas, California. They are owned by Clear Channel Communications. K-Ocean 105 moved from 104.9 MHz to 105.1 MHz. Over the years, its radio format has moved from soft Adult Contemporary to Oldies to its current format, described in its slogan as...
(Salinas) - KSES - 107.1KSES-FMKSES-FM is a Spanish adult contemporary-formatted radio station licensed to Seaside, California, broadcasting to the Santa Cruz area on 107.1 MHz FM. The station is currently owned by Entravision Communications....
(Seaside)
AM
List of Monterey County AM frequencyFrequency
Frequency is the number of occurrences of a repeating event per unit time. It is also referred to as temporal frequency.The period is the duration of one cycle in a repeating event, so the period is the reciprocal of the frequency...
stations:
- KRXA - 540KRXAKRXA is a radio station broadcasting a progressive talk format. Licensed to Carmel Valley, California, USA, the station serves the Santa Cruz area. It is currently owned by KRXA, LLC. The station was founded in July 2005 by attorney Hal Ginsberg and longtime San Francisco broadcaster Peter B....
(Carmel Valley) - KIDD - 630KIDDKIDD , is a radio station broadcasting a sports format. Licensed to Monterey, California, USA, the station serves the Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by Buckley Communications....
(Monterey) - KKMC - 880 (Gonzales)
- KDBV - 980Radio Vida AbundanteRadio Vida Abundante is a radio network broadcasting Spanish language religious programming.- External links :*...
(Salinas) - KYAA - 1200KYAAKYAA is a radio station broadcasting an oldies format. Licensed to Soquel, California, it serves the Santa Cruz, Monterey Bay, and San Jose area. The station is owned by People's Radio, Inc...
(Monterey) - KNRY - 1240KNRYKNRY is a radio station broadcasting a News/Talk format. Licensed to Monterey, California, USA, the station serves the Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by People's Radio....
(Monterey)
- KRML - 1410KRMLKRML is an American radio station licensed to serve Carmel, California. The station, established in 1957 as "KTEE", is currently owned and operated by Scot McKay. The station's broadcast license is held by CVAC, Inc...
(Carmel) - KION - 1460KION (AM)KION is a radio station broadcasting a News Talk Information format. Licensed to Salinas, California, USA, the station serves the Monterey-Salinas-Santa Cruz area...
(Salinas) - KRKC - 1490KRKC (AM)KRKC is a radio station broadcasting a Country format. Licensed to King City, California, USA, it serves the South Monterey County area. The station is currently owned by Radio Del Rey Incorporated, and features programing provided from CBS Radio and AP Radio and local news and sports provided...
(King City) - KTGE - 1570KTGEKTGE is a radio station broadcasting a Regional Mexican format. Licensed to Salinas, California, USA, it serves the Santa Cruz area. The station is currently owned by Wolfhouse Radio Group....
(Salinas) - The Monterey Channel - 1610 (Monterey)
- Local Emergency Radio Station - 1620 (Pebble Beach)
Internet
List of Monterey County Internet RadioInternet radio
Internet radio is an audio service transmitted via the Internet...
stations:
- SalinasRadio (Monterey County)
Newspapers
- The Carmel Pine Cone
- Cedar Street Times
- El Sol
- Gonzales Tribune
- Greenfield News
- King City Rustler
- The Monterey County HeraldThe Monterey County HeraldThe Monterey County Herald, sometimes referred to as the Monterey Herald, is the major daily newspaper published in Monterey, California, and serving Monterey County. The paper is owned by MediaNews Group...
- Monterey County WeeklyMonterey County WeeklyThe Monterey County Weekly is a locally-owned and independent newspaper founded in 1988.Reaching nearly one in three households countywide, the Weekly has the highest circulation of any newspaper in the county and has won over...
- Pacific Grove Hometown Bulletin
- The Salinas CalifornianThe Salinas CalifornianThe Salinas Californian is a newspaper published in Salinas, California. It is owned by Gannett Company, which bought the Salinas Californian in 1977.-External links:* *...
- Soledad Bee
Magazines
- 831 Magazine
- ARTWORKS Magazine
- Monterey County Magazine
- Carmel Magazine
- WestCoast Magazine
- Coastal Canine Magazine"